Burial vault



Aug. 12 1924. 1,505,006

H. W.. COLLINS BUR IAL VAULT Filed July 31, 1922 2 shears-Shea: 1

Mmmmmwwm@ J J J Patented Aug. 127 1924.

UNITED STATES tsoaooa PATENT OFFICE.,

BURIAL VAUL'I.

Application filed. July 3i,

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT WILLIAM COLLINS, a citizen of Canada,residing at Grand Forks, in the Province of British Columbia andDominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in. BurialVaults, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to a case for containing caskets, the generalobject of the invention being to provide a case which isV made of cementand which is placed in the grave to receive the casket so that the casewill prevent the grave from sinking by the collapsing of the casket orthe wooden case which is usually used for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is to make the case in sections so thatit may be easily handled and for facilitating its placement in thegrave.

The invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure lis a side view of the case.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 3 isa section on line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4; is a view of one of the sections alone.

Figure 5 is a View of one of the end sections.

In these views, l indicates the body of the case and 2 the cover or topthereof. Both the body and the top are formed of sections as shown at 3.The middle sections being of channel shape and the end 1922. Serial No.578,720.

sections being provided with end walls 4C which connect the side wallsof the sections together. These end walls form the ends of the case. Thesections are connected together by lap joint-s 5. The sections of thetop break joint with those ofthe body and the top has a lap joint wit-ht-he body as shown at 6. Each top section has a handle 7 and if desired,the top may be formed of arch shape as shown. The case is preferablyconstructed of cement or the like so it will not be affected by beingburied in the ground.

By this arrangement of parts the case may be easily handled andassembled in the grave and the topl may be put in place after the coflinhas been lowered into the body of the case by placing a rope in thehandle of each section and lowering the section onto the body. Thus thetop may be put in position without difficulty as it is not necessary tolower a heavy slab of concrete as it would be if the top was made in onepiece. The parts of the case may be reinforced with steel when necessaryand the sections may be cemented together to make a waterproofconstruction.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is 2- A burialvault of the class described comprising a body and a top, each composedof a plurality of sections made of concrete, the middle sections beingof channel form and the end sections having end walls, said sectionsbeing connected together by lap joints and the top being connected withthe body by a lap joint which is formed in the straight abutting edgesof the sides and ends of the top and body and handles on the sections ofthe top so that the top can be put in place a section at a time.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

HERBERT WILLIAM COLLINS.

